The Wine Cook Book, being a Selection of Incomparable Recipes from France, from the Far East, from the South and Elsewhere, all of which owe their Final Excellence to the skillful use of Wine in their preparation
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1951. Second Revised Edition. Cloth. Second revised edition. 8vo; 462pp; tan cloth over board with title, author and publisher stamped no spine; unclipped dust jacket; decorated endpapers; light foxing to page edges, tear to back dj and light soiling; near fine with very good dj. Near fine / very good. Item #468
First blank has ownership inscription: Pansy Grant, Spindletop Hall, Jan. 2, 1952. Pansy Grant was the heiress of the Spindletop oil fortune from her first husband, Miles Frank Yount. In 1935, after his death, she chose to build a 45,000 sq foot mansion in Kentucky called Spindletop Farm where she lived with her second husband, horse trainer Cape Grant until their divorce. In 1959, Spindletop Farm was sold to the University of Kentucky and Spindletop Hall became the residence of the university's faculty, staff, and alumni club. See: www (dot) spindletophall (dot) org/about.
Price: $48.00